In this week’s “Conversation with Clayton,” I chatted via email with Cincinnati Bearcats football radio analyst Jim Kelly. Long before becoming one of the voices of Bearcats football on the air, he was one of the leading lights of Bearcats football on the gridiron.
Kelly led Cincinnati in receiving for three consecutive years during his college career (1973-1975), earning him induction into the Cincinnati Bearcats Athletics Hall of Fame in 2017. He is also a highly accomplished musician.
His father, Jim Kelly Sr., was also one of the greats in Cincinnati athletics, himself a school record-breaking receiver and longtime assistant athletic director.